NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.6x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 220 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 300 MHz
68.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 344 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 August 2006 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	344 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

36.4x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 201 vs 189

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	201 vs 189

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	344	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	189	201

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	G71	NV10 A3
Launch date	6 August 2006	1 February 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$114.95
Place in performance rating	881	883
Price now	$114.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR